A store clerk told police a man entered the store at about 1 a.m. and threatened him with a hammer and demanded money. The clerk complied, and the suspect left the store then got into the passenger seat of a waiting car that was driven by a female.

The clerk gave police a description of the car as well as a license plate number. Curtis and Pearson were arrested a short time later when an officer saw a car matching the description pull into a Kangaroo gas station on W.T. Harris Rd.

The clerk was brought to the scene and identified the suspects, according to police. Both suspects were charged with robbery.

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